Official Ballot Argument for Measure H

Special Interests are always trying to buy influence at City Hall.
Charter Amendment H will help stop them.


Our city faces serious challenges.  Our elected officials should focus on addressing them instead of spending time fundraising for their next campaign.

Vote YES for Charter Amendment H to rein in pay-to-play politics and change the way we finance election campaigns.  Charter Amendment H will:
  • Prohibit campaign contributions and fundraising by bidders on most large City contracts.
  • Increase disclosure requirements for bidders for City contracts.
  • Punish violators by banning them from winning city contracts for up to four years.
  • Strengthen the Campaign Finance Trust Fund established by Los Angeles voters by lifting the maximum balance in the fund to give candidates greater incentive to agree to the city's voluntary campaign spending limits.
  • Protect taxpayers and public funds because it will not increase taxes or take away from other important programs, and has provisions to protect the budget in fiscal emergencies.
The League of Women Voters of L.A. says:
"Candidates shouldn't have to be wealthy or know wealthy donors to have a chance to run for office and win. Charter Amendment H will help voters choose city officials who have the best ideas and experience, not just the best fundraisers."
Bob Stern, co-author of the 1974 Political Reform Act, says:
"Measure H will strengthen the Ethics and Campaign Finance laws passed overwhelmingly by Los Angeles voters in the original Measure H in 1990."
Join the nonpartisan coalition of nurses, teachers, small business owners, good government experts, consumer groups, workers, seniors, environmentalists, and faith communities in voting YES on H.

VOTE YES ON H:  CAMPAIGNS SHOULD BE WON, NOT BOUGHT BY SPECIAL INTERESTS.

For more information, please visit www.YesFairElections.org.

SIGNED BY:

ERIC GARCETTI
Council President
City of Los Angeles

JOSE HUIZAR
Councilmember
City of Los Angeles

DAVID HOLTZMAN
President
League of Women Voters of Los Angeles

KATHAY FENG
Executive Director
California Common Cause

TRENT LANGE
President
California Clean Money Campaign

BOB STERN
President
Center for Governmental Studies

ANTONIO GONZALEZ
President
Southwest Voter Registration Education Project

IDA MAE WINDHAM
Retired Principal
Cleveland High School

BRAD PARKER
Small Business Owner

SARAH K. PILLSBURY
Project Partner
CA Participation Project


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Rebuttal to the opposition's misleading argument against Measure